Events for Fall 2008-2009 - Caltech: Geological and Planetary Sciences

September 18 2008 04:00 PM

Professor Yigal Erel, head of the Institute of Earth Sciences, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Trans-Boundary Air Pollution: Tracking Sources of Aerosols in the Middle East

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

September 29 2008 04:00 PM

Gary Fuis, associate chief scientist, U.S. Geological Survey

The Trans-Alaska Crustal Transect and Continental Evolution Involving Subduction Underplating and Synchronous Foreland Thrusting

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

October 01 2008 04:00 PM

Nicole Lovenduski, postdoctoral research fellow in atmospheric science, Colorado State University

Long-Term Changes in the Southern Ocean Carbon Dioxide Sink

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

142 Keck

October 02 2008 09:00 AM

Organizational Meeting

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 02 2008 04:00 PM

Steve Kidder, graduate student in geological and planetary sciences, Caltech

A Photo Retrospective of the Department Field Trip to Taiwan

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 06 2008 04:00 PM

Steven W. Squyres, Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy, Cornell University

Recent Science Results from the Mars Exploration Rover Mission

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

October 08 2008 04:00 PM

Peter Caldwell, postdoctoral researcher, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

A Simple Model of Subtropical Stratocumulus Cloud Feedbacks

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

142 Keck

October 09 2008 09:00 AM

Eric Soladay, Lead MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) Engineer for the Robinson building redesign, Rumsey Engineering

The Low Energy-Use Design for the Building and Its Associated Laboratories

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 09 2008 04:00 PM

Laurent Remusat, postdoctoral scholar in geological and planetary sciences, Caltech

The Insoluble Organic Matter in Carbonaceous Chondrites: A Probe to Study the Processes in the Early Solar System

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 13 2008 04:00 PM

Lucy Jones, chief scientist, U. S. Geological Survey, Pasadena

The Science Behind the Great Southern California ShakeOut

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

October 15 2008 04:00 PM

John Eiler, Robert P. Sharp Professor of Geology and professor of geochemistry, Caltech

Reconstructing Climate Deep in Earth history

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

142 Keck

October 16 2008 09:00 AM

Ashley Jones, Ph.D. Candidate, Caltech

A History of Water Use in the West: Lessons from Cadillac Desert

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 16 2008 04:00 PM

Dirk Scherler, graduate student in geosciences, University of Potsdam

Glacial Erosion Potential across the Himalaya and Karakorum—Insights from Remotely Sensed Glacier Velocities

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 20 2008 04:00 PM

Richard M. Allen, associate professor of Earth and planetary science, UC Berkeley

Plume Versus Plate: Connective Interactions Beneath Western North America

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

October 22 2008 04:00 PM

Cecilia Bitz, assistant professor of atmospheric sciences, University of Washington

Predicting Sea Ice-Climate Interactions

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

142 Keck

October 23 2008 09:00 AM

Nathan Dalleska, lab administrator, Caltech

California Ballot Initiatives, 1A, 2, 7, and 10

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 23 2008 04:00 PM

Leslie Hayden, postdoctoral scholar in Earth and space sciences, UCLA

Grain Boundary Diffusion: Metal and Carbon Fluxes through the Mantle?

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 27 2008 09:00 AM

Amory B. Lovins, cofounder, chairman, and chief scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute

Rocky Mountain Institute: Abundance by Design

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 27 2008 04:00 PM

Alberto Saal, assistant professor of geological sciences, Brown University

Evidence for the Presence of Water in the Moon's Interior

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

October 29 2008 04:00 PM

Curtis Deutsch, assistant professor, UCLA

Interpreting the Variability of Oceanic Oxygen

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

142 Keck

October 30 2008 09:00 AM

Zack Lebo, graduate student in environmental science and engineering, Caltech

Global Water Issues

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 30 2008 04:00 PM

Michael Russell, senior research fellow, JPL

The Emergence of Life at a Submarine Alkaline Hydrothermal Vent

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 03 2008 04:00 PM

David Goldsby, postdoctoral scholar in geological sciences, Brown University

Superplastic Creep of Ice: Implications for the Viscous Flow of Ice Sheets and Icy Satellites

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

November 05 2008 04:00 PM

Julian Sachs, associate professor of chemical oceanography, University of Washington

Tropical Pacific Climate during the Last Millennium

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

142 Keck

November 06 2008 09:00 AM

Matt Berbee, sustainability coordinator, Caltech

John Onderdonk, manager, Caltech

Water Use on Campus

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 10 2008 04:00 PM

Wolfgang Sturhahn, visiting associate in geophysics, Argonne National Laboratory

Probing Planetary Materials with Nuclear Resonant Spectroscopy

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

November 12 2008 04:00 PM

Richard Flagan, Irma and Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor of Chemical Engineering, Caltech

Pollen and Asthma

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

142 Keck

November 13 2008 09:00 AM

Lindsay Yee, graduate student in environmental science and engineering, Caltech

Innovations in Environmental Education (aka: "Are You Smarter than a 6th Grader?")

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 13 2008 04:00 PM

Chi Ma, member of the professional staff, Caltech

Discovering New Minerals in the Early Solar System: A Nano-Mineralogy Investigation

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 17 2008 04:00 PM

Mark Richardson, assistant professor of planetary science, Caltech

Controls on Precipitation and Aridity Throughout Martian History

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

November 19 2008 04:00 PM

Greg Druschel, assistant professor of geology, University of Vermont

New Insights on Redox Cycling and Microbial Function with in Situ Voltammetry

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

142 Keck

November 20 2008 09:00 AM

Kaitlyn Lucey, graduate student in environmental science and engineering, Caltech

Lake Baikal: The Blue Eye of Siberia

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 20 2008 04:00 PM

Roberta Hansman, postdoctoral scholar, Caltech

Investigating C and N Metabolism in the Planktonic Microbial Community of the Deep Ocean

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

December 01 2008 04:00 PM

Roger Summons, faculty member in geology and geochemistry, Caltech, and professor of geobiology, MIT

The Great Mass Extinction—A Sudden Event or a Slow Moving Train-Wreck?

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

December 03 2008 09:00 AM

Thesis Defense

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

December 03 2008 04:00 PM

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar—cancelled

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

142 Keck

December 04 2008 09:00 AM

Da Yang, graduate student in environmental science and engineering, Caltech

Basic Problems and Plans of Environment Protect in China

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

December 04 2008 04:00 PM

Aron Meltzner, graduate student, Caltech

Earthquake Recurrence and Long-Term Segmentation Near the Boundary of the 2004 and 2005 Sunda Megathrust Ruptures

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

December 11 2008 04:00 PM

Pierre Cartigny, professor, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

Experimental Evidence for Mass-Independent Fractionation of Sulfur Isotopes Without UV-Photolysis (or Glow Discharge)

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room